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Campus attacks by nationalists and police alarm India’s scientific community The attack on one of India’s most prestigious universities sent shock waves around the coque iphone 4 monster country and is the latest sign that the political forces tearing apart Indian society are also affecting the country’s academic community. Students at JNU, a liberal bastion, had been on strike for months silicone coque iphone against both a major hike in student fees and the government’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), coque iphone harley quinn widely decried as discriminatory against Muslims. The attackers appeared to be Hindu nationalists. From coque huawei p 8 lite the inaction of both campus security and the police, many concluded that the attackers acted with the consent of India’s Hindu nationalist government. 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Muslims are excluded, which critics say violates India’s secular constitution. (India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has argued that “people are being misled” over the act.) A National Register of Citizens and a National Population Register, which would force every Indian to produce documents proving their citizenship, are expected to follow. coque iphone 8 pas cher Many Muslims fear they will be declared stateless persons. coque iphone x On 15 December 2019, police beat and tear gassed students protesting the CAA at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), a government funded university; one student was blinded. 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